In _religion_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion) and _sociology_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology) , a cult is a term designating a cohesive ...
Welcome everyone to the newest cycle of our Big Book Study! We'll be examining the book very closely throughout the coming weeks. It is important to note that...
Over the past years that the BBS has been running this has been a topic of conversation every year or so. The answers, as has been pointed out, are in our...
There are serveral drugs known as 'gateway' drugs, meaning, the use of these drugs has often been identified as the entrance way to the use of other harder...
Greg - that was a wonderful post and I couldnt agree with it more. Thank you for the info that Bill W. was addicted to sedatives...I did not know that. Much...
yes we are here to get to root causes. nothing like an addict or alcoholic in recovery overeating or chain-smoking. i've seen both in friends. Janie Barbara...
Greg, Great post. Thank you. I just have to share that, gateway or not, the only drug I *wouldn't* do was heroin, because I hated needles. But -- I gave up...
Jim, My sponsor told me once that he'd heard at a retreat that Bill W. wrote a letter to the NA founders, urging them to follow the steps as laid out in the...
Great post Jim, Thank you. One of my biggest concerns in this area, is were very likely killing those who are not alcoholic. Allowing anyone with an affliction...
Great post Larry! baby blue soapbox? ... This defines it so much more than the short versions that hang on the walls. ... fact is that when anyone hears some...
Jim wrote "Page 165 is interesting however. This is the Section Heading: Personal Stories - How Forty-Three Alcoholics Recovered From Their Malady (Emphasis is...
... adjective phrase "began ... are now ... sugestive impermanance ... program of action. ... From the BB Ch 6 - It is easy to let up on the spiritual program...
I apologize tremendously for this but I ahve search and searched pretty much every way i can and cannot find what I am looking for. It is a very very old book...
What precisely have we recovered from? What precisely do we have a daily reprieve from? Jay ~Meow!~ How about a state of hopelessness in body and mind ? How...
well you know alot Des...and you also know that some will always insist they are recovering even though the book tells us different...ive learned over the...
If you could give more specifics about the book ie-title-author or names of characters of the book I may be able to help you miraclechild1219@... is my...
Which brings me back to my question that I ask several sessions back, "what is a "spiritual program" of acton?" How do we grow along spiritual lines? Cindy...
actually if you read right after what was quoted on 85 to pg 88 it will give you a good idea of what you need to do to answer your questions... ... back, ... ...
Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities...
Good morning everyone! Let's turn to page xi , the Preface to the Third Edition , and look at paragraph #2. This book is identified as "the basic text for our...
thank you, Des! Janie ... immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities fail. This is our Twelfth Suggestion: ...
This discussion happens a lot here and with others about recovering and recovered. What we do recover from that seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. I...
A huge part of Step 2 is the evidence seen in the Fellowship that people, who were just like me, have been able to stop drinking and are leading a life that is...
... What does that MEAN? it's easy to spew BB quotes - what does it MEAN? ... So does this deadly obsession go away? Are we recovered from that? An ...
when we recover, the obsession of the mind is gone. The reoccuring, persistant thought that is more powerful than, and does not respond to reason. The thought...
Jay , you shouldn't need me or any one else to tell you what it means to be in a state of hopelessness , you've either been there or you haven't. Best wishes...
... you ... you've ... I am asking you to tell me what you think it means, because you're the one being critical of "recovering" rather than "recovered". And...
how much can we debate about this for? im good for another couple of months--- ... From: chest_rockwelld To: BBS_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...
